NELLIE BLY

AUTHOR OF "TEN DAYS IN A MAD HOUSE," ETC., ETC.

NEW YORK

AMERICAN PUBLISHERS CORPORATION

1888

TO

GEORGE A. MADDEN,

MANAGING EDITOR

OF THE

PITTSBURG DISPATCH,

IN REMEMBRANCE OF HIS NEVER-FAILING KINDNESS

JAN. 1st, 1888.

CONTENTS

I. — ADIEU TO THE UNITED STATES

II. — EL PASO DEL NORTE

III. — ALONG THE ROUTE

IV. — THE CITY OF MEXICO

V. — IN THE STREETS OF MEXICO

VI. — HOW SUNDAY IS CELEBRATED

VII. — A HORSEBACK RIDE OVER HISTORIC GROUNDS

VIII. — A MEXICAN BULL-FIGHT

IX. — THE MUSEUM AND ITS CURIOSITIES

X. — HISTORIC TOMBS AND LONELY GRAVES

XI. — CUPID'S WORK IN SUNNYLAND

XII. — JOAQUIN MILLER AND COFFIN STREET

XIII. — IN MEXICAN THEATERS

XIV. — THE FLOATING GARDENS

XV. — THE CASTLE OF CHAPULTEPEC

XVI. — THE FEASTS OF THE GAMBLERS

XVII. — FEAST OF FLOWERS AND LENTEN CELEBRATIONS

XVIII. — GUADALUPE AND ITS ROMANTIC LEGEND

XIX. — A DAY'S TRIP ON A STREET CAR

XX. — WHERE MAXIMILIAN'S AMERICAN COLONY LIVED

XXI. — A MEXICAN ARCADIA

XXII. — THE WONDERS OF PUEBLA

XXIII. — THE PYRAMID OF CHOLULA

XXIV. — A FEW NOTES ABOUT MEXICAN PRESIDENTS

XXV. — MEXICAN SOLDIERS AND THE RURALES

XXVI. — THE PRESS OF MEXICO

XXVII. — THE GHASTLY TALE OF DON JUAN MANUEL

XXVIII. — A MEXICAN PARLOR

XXIX. — LOVE AND COURTSHIP IN MEXICO

XXX. — SCENES WITHIN MEXICAN HOMES

XXXI. — THE ROMANCE OF THE MEXICAN PULQUE

XXXII. — MEXICAN MANNERS

XXXIII. — NOCHE TRISTE TREE

XXXIV. — LITTLE NOTES OF INTEREST

XXXV. — A FEW RECIPES FOR MEXICAN DISHES

XXXVI. — SOME MEXICAN LEGENDS

XXXVII. — PRINCESS JOSEFA DE YTURBIDE